Table 1 Participant characteristics
From: Testosterone and depressive symptoms during the late menopause transition
Baseline characteristics | |
|---|---|
Age, mean (SD) | 49.8 (2.6) |
Years of education, mean (SD) | 13.2 (5.8) |
Education level, (%) | |
High school diploma | 22% |
Some university | 33% |
Undergraduate degree | 29% |
Graduate degree | 16% |
Family income, mean (SD), 10K | |
< $70,000 | 17% |
$70,000–89,999 | 19% |
$90,000–112,999 | 15% |
≥ $113,000 | 43% |
No response | 6% |
Ethnicity, (%) | |
Caucasian | 86% |
Black | 2% |
Hispanic | 4% |
Others | 8% |
Months since LMP, mean (SD) | 2.2 (1.7) |
Baseline STRAW status (%) | |
Early perimenopause | 34% |
Late perimenopause | 66% |
STRAW status at the end of phase 1 (%) | |
Early perimenopause | 8% |
Late perimenopause | 84% |
Early postmenopause | 5% |
Body mass index (BMI; kg/m2) | 29.4 (6.5) |
Overweight (25 ≤ BMI < 29.9 kg/m2) | 38% |
Obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) | 36% |
Smoking status (%) | |
Never smokers | 57% |
Past smokers | 34% |
Current smokers | 10% |
History of major depression (%) | 38% |
Weekly variables | |
CES-D score, mean (SD) | 12.0 (8.0) |
Number of hot flashes, mean (SD) | |
Mild | 1.9 (1.1) |
Moderate | 1.7 (1.0) |
Severe | 1.4 (1.0) |
Sleep quality score, mean (SD) | 2.3 (0.9) |
E1G, mean (SD), pg/ml | 39,624 (19,809) |
Testosterone, mean (SD), pg/ml | 2113 (1295) |
Testosterone-to-E1G ratio, mean (SD) | 0.068 (0.055) |